Parsec

3.26 LIGHT YEARS

A parsec, a giant unit of distance derived from trigonometric measurements, is equal to about 31 trillion km, or 3.3 light years, or 210,000 times the approximate mean distance between the Earth and the Sun. This is just under the distance between us and the nearest star. If a parsec were a km, the distance between Earth and Sun would be just under 5 cm.

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